A device configured to emulate a correlithm object processing system includes a sensors coupled to a node. A first sensor receives a first sample text string comprising a plurality of characters and assigns correlithm objects to corresponding subsets of the plurality of characters of the first sample text string. A second sensor receive a second sample text string comprising a plurality of characters and assigns a correlithm objects to corresponding subsets of the plurality of characters of the second sample text string. A third sensor receives a test text string comprising a plurality of characters and assigns correlithm objects to corresponding subsets of the plurality of characters of the test text string. The node determines which of the first and second sample text string is the closest match to the test text string by determining which is closer to the test text string in n-dimensional space using the correlithm objects.